An alienated Austrian teenager pursues her school bus driver, setting off a chain of choices that changes lives forever.
In suburban Austria, Rita is a teenage outsider, misunderstood at school and at home. Lonely, restless and searching for control, she sets her sights on seducing her school bus driver, a dangerous decision that pushes her further from innocence and sets in motion a series of events that will irrevocably alter the lives around her.
Rialto Recommends
LOVELY RITA is unsettling, austere and quietly devastating - a portrait of adolescence stripped of sentimentality. Jessica Hausner observes Rita’s loneliness and rebellion with cool precision, creating a coming-of-age story where desire, alienation and danger sit uncomfortably close together. A sharp, disturbing early work from a distinctive filmmaker.
